Software Giants
Microsoft is the largest software company in the world. What does this mean for SQL Server? Steve Jones thinks it's good.
When is a Backup Considered Successful?
What makes a successful backup? New author Steven Bouffard talks about some things you might want to consider when evaluating if your backup process is considered a success.
Basic Server Reporting Functionality in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
In the recent installments of our series dedicated to the most prominent features of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, we have started an overview of its reporting capabilities. This article focuses on elementary methods you can employ to generate custom reports.
Creating packages in code – Execute SQL Task
The Execute SQL Task is for obvious reasons very well used, so I thought if you are building packages in code the chances are you will be using it. Using the task basic features of the task are quite straightforward, add the task and set some properties, just like any other. When you start interacti.
Understanding File System IO, Lessons Learned From SQL Server
I do more than just SQL Server. I enjoy programming. In my former life I have worked with C/C++ and Assembler. I also spent quite a bit of time in Visual Basic. I loved it for prototyping and what we now call RAD development efforts.
Software Giants
Microsoft is the largest software company in the world. What does this mean for SQL Server? Steve Jones thinks it's good.
Software Giants
Microsoft is the largest software company in the world. What does this mean for SQL Server? Steve Jones thinks it's good.
Software Giants
Microsoft is the largest software company in the world. What does this mean for SQL Server? Steve Jones thinks it's good.
Execute SQL job through batch file
This article will show you how you can execute a SQL job with one click, allowing anyone to do this. Author Divya Agrawal shows a technique to let other users run jobs that do things such as perform a backup with a batch file.
Shaking the Money Tree
Are developers or administrators worth more? Is it easier to get funding for one group or the other? Steve Jones asks the question in today's poll.
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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